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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-03-11 21:08:05 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-03-11 21:08:05 +0000
commiteab8b0ecfb1469caaf357d26cbe3e5ec524de182 (patch)
tree02325f15778c0aab3d9eba9abc147afba1a7f7bd /usr.sbin/rwhod
parent73a856115702157d58128365662b9519d7daeadc (diff)
cleanup
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/rwhod')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.817
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.8 b/usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.8
index 0dfe732b758..243269067fd 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.8
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.\" $OpenBSD: rwhod.8,v 1.7 1999/03/11 21:07:58 aaron Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)rwhod.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
-.\" $OpenBSD: rwhod.8,v 1.6 1998/04/25 01:14:41 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: rwhod.8,v 1.7 1999/03/11 21:07:58 aaron Exp $
.\"
.Dd December 11, 1993
.Dt RWHOD 8
@@ -39,9 +40,9 @@
.Nm rwhod
.Nd system status server
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm rwhod
+.Nm
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Rwhod
+.Nm
is the server which maintains the database used by the
.Xr rwho 1
and
@@ -50,13 +51,13 @@ programs. Its operation is predicated on the ability to
.Em broadcast
messages on a network.
.Pp
-.Nm Rwhod
+.Nm
operates as both a producer and consumer of status information.
As a producer of information it periodically
queries the state of the system and constructs
status messages which are broadcast on a network.
As a consumer of information, it listens for other
-.Nm rwhod
+.Nm
servers' status messages, validating them, then recording
them in a collection of files located in the directory
.Pa /var/rwho .
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ in the message, contains any unprintable
.Tn ASCII
characters, the
message is discarded. Valid messages received by
-.Nm rwhod
+.Nm
are placed in files named
.Pa whod.hostname
in the directory
@@ -124,8 +125,8 @@ format described above.
Status messages are generated approximately once every
3 minutes.
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr rwho 1 ,
-.Xr ruptime 1
+.Xr ruptime 1 ,
+.Xr rwho 1
.Sh BUGS
There should be a way to relay status information between networks.
Status information should be sent only upon request rather than continuously.